Improvement in mode of attaching looking-glass frames to bureaus



@anni @Mira i cHnNnY K-tLBunN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNon Tov NILBURN c eA'rEds, or SAME PLAGE;

Letters Pate1ttNo.106,065, dated August 2, v1870.

t, IMPRovEMENfr 1N MODE or ATTACHING LOOKING-GLASS FRAMES 'ro BURBAUS.'

` The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makinggpart of the same.

I, CHENEY K1nBnRN,of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Attaching Looking-glass Frames to Bureaus, ot' whicht-he `folloiving isa specification.

'Nature mul Object lof the Intention..

My invent-ion consist-s ofthedcombination and arrangement, described hereafter, of thumb-screws and washers, the top of a bureau, and ,frame of' a lookingglass, whereby `thelatter `can be more firmly and readily secured from below to the bureau than by appliancesheretofore used for the purpose.

Description of the A ecompanyfing Drawing.

Figure 1 is a front view, partly in section, of 'the upper portion of a bureau with looking-glass and frame, and the devices for securing Ythe same, all detached from eachother. t' 1 Figure 2 the same as Iig. 1,`showing .the lookingglass and frame secured tothe bureau.

' Figure 3, a. transverse section of the upper portion ot' thebnr'eau, showing the mode of securing the look-` ing-glass frame.

General Description.

A represents the top of a common bureau;

a a the opposite sidesiof the same; and

b the space for receiving the top drawer.

B is the looking-glass, hung to aframe, D, which, in the present instance, consists of two vert-ical standards, D 1), connected together at the top by the arched piece e, and provided, at the bottom, with feet, f,

whichrest on the top A of the bur-cau.

.There are few travelers who have not, from time to time, been annoyed with therckety glasses and frames of the common cottage bureaus, with which hotels are generally furnished. It is well known that very few ot' such bureaus possess looking-glass flames of proper stability, owing to the imperfect modes hitherto'prac'- ticed `ot' securing the frames.

The-most commonplan is to provide the frame, be-

llow the feet, with coarse-threaded wooden screws, which, projecting through the top of the bureau, are

provided Abeneath the same with wooden nuts, a most `imperfect fastening, owing to' the weakness of the wood, the shrinking of the same, the liability of the threads of the screw to become stripped, and the difficulty of properly tightening a nut` with a coarse thread, in the narrow space afforded for` the manipuf lation of the nut.

In my improvement the frame is secured to the bureau by a thumb-screw, x, consisting of a threaded stem, t, and a head, o, the stem being passed from below through holes inthe top of the bureau, and screwed.l

into the base of the frame, as shown'in iig. 2, a suitable washer intervening between the eye or head of the screw and the under side of lthe top A of 'the bnlean, v

'lhe contracted spa-ce for receiving the frame below prevents the ready use of an ordinary screw and screwdriver, and com mon screws inserted fromv above through the feet 1 into the top of the bureau would distigure the frame. e

/Inadapting my improvement, however, there is ample room in tbespacel) for manipulating the thumb-screw from below, and thefmeness of the thread enables the operator to secure the yfraine perfectly tight, and to tighten the frame when it becomes loose, wit-hout the aid of instruments, although a very sim-ple tool inserted through the eyes of the screws can be nsed for tightening the same.

. The flames' of bureau looking-'glasses sometimes consist of separate standards, which can be Ysecured in the manner describedabove.

Claim.

The within-described combination and arrangement of Athumb-screws x x, their washers, and the top A' ot' a bureau and frame 4of a looking-glass.

In testimony whereof lhave signed my name to this specification in the presenceot' two subscribing witnesses.

CHENEY KILBURN. Witnesses:

LD. C. HUNTER, HARRY SMITH. 

